Shipping

Shipping Schedule

Scionwood and early rootstock orders orders ship around March 15, depending on weather and conditions. Only scionwood twigs and grafting rootstocks can be shipped during this period; scionwood is only shipped mid-March.

We ship everything else approximately March 30 through late April. We begin with warmer areas, working our way to coldest areas last. We cannot accommodate specific ship date requests or guarantee your order will arrive on a certain day. If you are out-of-town during our shipping dates, consider having your plants shipped to a friend or neighbor to care for them until you return.

We will keep our website updated with our approximate shipping schedule by state so you can get an idea of when your order will ship.

If you’re in New England, your order may take 1-2 business days to arrive once shipped. Outside New England, it may take several business days. You will receive an automatic email confirmation with tracking information when your order ships.

Shipping Charges

We ship via FedEx or Priority Mail, our choice unless you specify. We strive to make our shipping charges fair, and it is a challenge. Since most packages we send with trees and shrubs are subject to expensive charges for oversized boxes and heavy weights, we have a category of small and light items that cost less to ship.

Maine customers now pay only a $10 flat-rate shipping fee.

Maine	All Orders
	$10

Regular FedEx shipping charges to the continental US are a percentage of your adjusted total (after discounts, if any; before tax, if any) with a $22.50 minimum.

Continental United States	Minimum	if your Adjusted Total is
	$22.50	over $141, pay 16% of adjusted total

USPS Priority Mail shipping charges are for tree/shrub shipments to Alaska, and for anyone in the lower 48 who requires postal delivery, including PO Boxes.

Alaska and PO Boxes	Minimum	if your Adjusted Total is
	$25	over $125, pay 20% of adjusted total

Small & Light shipping: All your item numbers begin with L (see below for more detail).

Small & Light	Minimum	if your Adjusted Total is
	$10	over $63, pay 16% of adjusted total

If you order any other items in addition to these, you must pay the regular shipping charges.

We no longer offer late shipment.

Small & Light Shipping Charges

Because trees and shrubs are long, and the damp packing material around their roots is heavy, most plants we ship incur oversize-box charges from FedEx (hence the $22.50 minimum to the Lower 48.)

The items in the following list qualify for our Small & Light shipping. The minimum is lower, because they fit in a regular box. If your entire order consists only of items on this list (stock numbers beginning with L), the Small & Light rate applies.

All Strawberries

All Hops

Groundnut

Some Groundcovers:

Heathers

Wintergreen

All Garden Roots:

Horseradish

Asparagus

Rhubarb

All Mushroom tools

Mushrooms:

Plug Spawn: A&B only. Sawdust Spawn C is Heavy.

Mushroom Plug Kits: D only. Countertop Kits E are Heavy.

Agri-gel®

T-shirts

Books

All Perennials, Medicinal Perennials, Tender Summer Bulbs

All Scionwood

If you order any other “non-L” items in addition to these, you pay the regular shipping charges.